You may already know this, but they were only used there by the French in the 1950s and a few were still in use w/the ARVN into the mid '60s.

Here are a few pics and color plates of them.

French M24s








ARVN M24s



Hope that helps.

I never knew that there were any in country, but makes sense. From all the pics they look like they were all way down south. Now I wonder if there were any M4 Shermans over there?
Seems like I saw a destroyed M3 halftrack once down in II-Corps. Up north ARVN's used M41's and M48's, and were big on M114's as well as M113's.
gary

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I never knew that there were any in country, but makes sense. From all the pics they look like they were all way down south. Now I wonder if there were any M4 Shermans over there?
Seems like I saw a destroyed M3 halftrack once down in II-Corps. Up north ARVN's used M41's and M48's, and were big on M114's as well as M113's.
gary

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The French used Shermans in IndoChina as well as a lot of other WWII era stuff the following list is a few that were used.

M36B2 / M36E9 Jackson
M4A3(105) Sherman
M4 Composite Sherman
M4A1 Sherman
M8 75mm HMC
M5A1 Stuart
Universal Carrier
M8 Greyhound
Panhard 178 B
LVT-4 Alligator
LVT(A)-4 Alligator
LVT-4 Alligator w. 40mm Bofors
M29C Crabe
M3 White Scout,
M3A1 Halftrack

The decals for all of these vehicles are available from Bison Decals http://www.angelfire.com/pro/bison/35.html
Cheers
David

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I never knew that there were any in country, but makes sense. From all the pics they look like they were all way down south.

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When the ARVN started getting M41s in the mid-`60s, the M24s were taken on by the RVAF. They were used for airbase security. In the early `70s, they had the engines removed and were used as strong points. Seems that the powers that be at the time, didn't want the RVAF to have their own coup troops.